What is the purpose of ‘the people’ in films? What would cinematic reality look like if the heroes were erased and the background characters and extras remained as the only inhabitants? We, the People uses excerpts from famous movies and Guy Debord’s Situationist texts to consider the nature and ‘social’ position of those individuals without individuality who surround our movie heroes – the only ones who are allowed to feel, suffer, or enjoy the drama of life on film.